He compares it with the grassroots internet-based campaign which successfully prevented TV’s X-Factor Christmas record getting to number one in the charts.

It was outsold by American rock band Rage Against The Machine, which campaigners backed as a protest against big business and being told what to do.

Nobby, a 53-year-old grandfather-of-three from Eastern Green, wants voters in Coventry North West to rage against the MPs’ expenses scandal, self-serving political parties, and widespread distrust of politicians.

He said: “I hope to appeal to those many members of my own community who probably never vote because, like me, they see no-one out there who actually seems to care about anyone beyond themselves and their political affiliation.

“I’m not so stupid as to think I’m going to be running the country, or that I’m so special that I should.

“I just happen to really care about my community and the people around me, and like many people feel that representatives for traditional parties have badly let us down, so help me with this ‘Rage against the Machine’ campaign.”

Nobby insists he is speaking of politicians generally, and will avoid any personal attacks on his opponents – including long-standing Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson and Tory hopeful, leading city councillor Gary Ridley.